Disneyland To Raise Ticket Prices
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Disneyland Resort is raising prices for park tickets and annual passes effective Sunday. Visitors will pay $80 for an adult one-day ticket to either Disneyland or Disney California Adventure. That is an increase of $4 from the current price. Disneyland raised single-day ticket prices, annual pass and parking fees in August 2010. Starting Sunday, visitors will pay $14 more than they did ...
Disneyland To Rebuild Talking Tree Outside Enchanted Tiki Room
A 62-year-old animated talking tree outside the Enchanted Tiki Room that hasn 't worked properly in years will be rebuilt during an extended refurbishment of the first Disneyland attraction to feature audio-animatronic figures.
The Enchanted Tiki Room will close on Monday, April 28 through at least late June with the attraction expected to return this summer.
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Disneyland To Remain Closed Until 2021 Disney Official Says
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Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are expected to stay closed for the rest of 2020 and not reopen until 2021 while large California theme parks remain shuttered under state guidelines, according to Disney officials. “We currently anticipate Disneyland resort will remain closed at least through the end of the fiscal first quarter,” Disney Chief Financial Officer Christine McCarthy ...
Disneyland To Reopen Adventureland Treehouse This Fall After 2 Year Refurbishment
Work on the retheming of Tarzan 's Treehouse that has taken twice as long as the original creation of Disneyland is nearing completion as the final set pieces are being installed and tested in the what 's old is new again Adventureland Treehouse. Disneyland will reopen the Adventureland Treehouse this fall after a refurbishment project that has stretched for more than two years. The fall ...
Disneyland To Resume Fireworks Just In Time For New Year's Eve
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Laguna Niguel residents who aren't headed to Times Square in New York City, a local party, or even the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, just got lucky. Disneyland's fireworks display is back on. Just in time for New Year's Eve, Disneyland officials announced its "Believe in Holiday Magic" fireworks show would burst back onto the scene at 8:45 p.m. tonight and again at midnight Saturday. The show had ...
Disneyland To Rework Carnation Plaza Gardens Into Fantasy Faire
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Disneyland Park in Anaheim plans to rebuild its Carnation Plaza Gardens Stage into a storybook village called Fantasy Faire. The news was announced last week during the annual D23 Expo convention for Disney fans held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The project will change Carnation Plaza from a venue where high school bands, orchestras and choruses perform into a fairytale village that will be ...
Disneyland To Sell Alcohol Publicly In 2019 When Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Opens
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What's a round of Sabacc without a drink? For Disneyland guests mingling with the intergalactic barflies at the new cantina coming to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in 2019, a conversation could be accompanied by a cocktail - a menu item the park has never before offered publicly. Since Disneyland opened in Anaheim more than 60 years ago, only one location - the secretive, exclusive Club 33 - has ...
Disneyland To Shut Down For Miley Cyrus 16th
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Teen pop sensation Miley Cyrus will stage her sweet 16 birthday party at Disneyland in California. The Hannah Montana star will shut down the theme park for the day on Oct. 5 so she can party with friends, contest winners and fans who pay $250 to hang out with the singer/actress. Cyrus will also celebrate her big day with Youth Service America volunteers who have been singled out for their ...
Disneyland To Start Building Its Star Wars Land In April
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Construction will begin next month on "Star Wars" land, the biggest expansion of Disneyland in decades, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger announced at the company's annual shareholders meeting, saying the attraction "will be great." At the meeting in Chicago, Iger said groundbreaking for the 14-acre "Star Wars"-themed land will take place in April, adding that the area will feature two ...
Disneyland To Temporarily Close Attraction Restaurant And Galaxys Edge Entrance
Additional areas in Disneyland will be temporarily unavailable this summer as construction crews continue to work on projects in New Orleans Square and Critter Country, the theme park resort announced Wednesday. The two sections of the park have already been impacted by construction related to Tiana 's Bayou Adventure, the Haunted Mansion and Critter Country. Recently, more guests have visited ...
Disneyland To Unveil Toontown
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Forget Frontierland, Fantasyland and Adventureland, and be prepared for Disneyland's newest venture. Mickey's Toontown - the California park's first new "land" to open in 20 years - is coming Jan. 26. Disney legend has it that Toontown, the "exclusive hideaway" of such Disney stars as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy et al., has existed since the 1930s. Now non-Toons too can visit the "living, ...
Disneyland To Update Attractions Add New Entertainment For 70th Anniversary Celebration
Disneyland on Thursday revealed more details about the upcoming 70th anniversary celebration, including a special ticket offer, entertainment updates, new ride additions and more.
The Disneyland Resort 70th Celebration will honor “seven decades of happiness and many moments of joy in the making.” The event kicks off on May 16, 2025, and will run throughout summer 2026.
Here 's ...
Disneyland To Venture Into The World Of AI
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Disneyland is venturing into the world of artificial intelligence. Jon Snoddy of Walt Disney Imagineering detailed two AI projects that the Disney production team is now working on. The news was confirmed by Snoddy himself, in an interview with CNET at the SXSW Conference and Festivals in Austin. As per the report, Pascal is basically a miniature robot which can be held in one's arms. It is said that ...
Disneyland Top Man Michael Colglazier Literally Walks In Walt's Footsteps
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The parks' CEO will need a little magic to preserve what Walt Disney created while ushering in necessary growth and change. It's a challenge he relishes. 'It truly is the greatest job in the world. A lot of people may say that, but I truly can say that.' Michael Colglazier treats the immense concrete sprawl of Disneyland as if it's a living room carpet. Never mind that thousands of people walk on it, ...
Disneyland Tour Follows Walt Disney's Journey
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A tour of Disneyland from the perspective of Walt Disney ends with the guide quoting a newspaper article describing Disney's success as a "product of luck." The 180-minute tour, titled "A Walk in Walt's Footsteps," shows that Disney's rise from a struggling animator to Academy Award-winning filmmaker and creator of the most famous theme park in the world had little to do with luck. The guided ...
Disneyland Tower Of Terror Makes Its Last Drop Before Marvel Makeover
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Disney's Twilight Zone Tower of Terror has taken its final plunge before it gets a Marvel Studio makeover. Many fans of the Disney California Adventure ride came in to see the attraction on Monday, its last day of service as a "Twilight Zone" ride. The tower, which opened in 2004, on Monday still greeted visitors with the voice of "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling, welcoming visitors to the ...
Disneyland Trades Toontowns Cartoon Chaos For Family Friendly Calmness
The chaotic Toontown of yesterday that looked like it had been designed by Roger Rabbit with a cartoon mallet and a stick of dynamite has been replaced with the family-friendly Toontown of today that looks like the result of a Minnie Mouse home improvement show. Disneyland hosted a media preview of Mickey 's Toontown on Saturday, March 18, ahead of the grand reopening of the kid-centric land ...
Disneyland Train Marks Anniversary
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Marking first anniversary of operation is one of the world most novel railroads, the 5/8-scale Santa Fe and Disneyland which is a feature of Walt Disney's magic kingdom near Anaheim. The tiny railroad began operations in mid-July, 1955, with two trains. Since then an estimated 1,500,000 adults and children have viewed Disneyland in striking perspective from the perimeter of the 60-acre park. The ...
Disneyland Trains Running On Oil From Chicken And Fries
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Guests downing chicken nuggets and french fries at Disneyland's Tomorrowland Terrace are no longer just fueling themselves for a day of walking the park and riding the Matterhorn. These days, they're also helping fuel the Disney trains. On Wednesday, the five Disneyland Railroad trains that circle a one-mile perimeter of the park began running on cleaner burning biodiesel made with oil that comes from ...
Disneyland Transformed For Pirates Premiere
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Teens bursting into tears at the anticipation of seeing Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush conducting interviews with a monkey on his shoulders, and fans chanting "Jer-ry! Jer-ry!" were some of the images seen and heard on the 1,000-foot long red carpet that stretched along Main Street, USA, at Disneyland in Anaheim Saturday at Walt Disney Pictures' premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." ...
Disneyland Tries Its Hand At Modern Nostalgia With Disney Channel Nite
When Disneyland broke from its usual tradition and released a year 's worth of upcoming park programming all at once, there was a particular event that got the internet 's attention: Disney Channel Nite, which the company described as “an all-new evening event celebrating iconic Disney Channel TV shows and characters.” When I heard “iconic Disney Channel TV shows,” my head went immediately to ...
Disneyland Trip With Grandma: Everyone's Flush With Enthusiasm
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I saw an old friend with new eyes last week. I went to Disneyland with three grandchildren, ages 7, 6, and 20 months. Understand that I first began going to the Magic Kingdom last century, when I was a teenager and a newcomer to Southern California. Disneyland became the big-date experience. It was fitting, considering that many of my classmates had been "Mickey Mouse Club" fans, that our all-night ...
Disneyland Trip With Special-Needs Child Brings Tears Joy
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Nothing brings three generations of family together like a teacup spinning out of control. It had been 50 years since my mom, Adrienne, first had her turn on the teacups at Disneyland, and she was relishing the chance to live it again with her granddaughters Meredith, 10, and Caroline, 7. So the three of them, along with my husband, Jim, and I, hopped aboard and managed to squeeze into one ...
Disneyland Turning 50
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Here's the deal with Disneyland. The two women ahead of me in line were Elizabeth and Lexi, twins fromWinnetka, Ill. Elizabeth is a communications and political science major at the University of Southern California. Lexi is a philosophy major atYale. They knew the words to ''We Can Fly,'' a song from Walt Disney's ''PeterPan.'' It's the song the chorus sings when Wendy, John and Michael,powered by ...
Disneyland Turning Back Clock In Easter Parade
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The clock will be turned back a half century today at Disneyland as the multimillion - dollar amusement park celebrates Easter Sunday as it was at the turn of the century. The traditional "Easter parade" will feature bonnets and costumes worn in the early years of the 20th Century. "Horseless carriages" of the same era also will be featured. Most of the costumes have been donated for the ...
Disneyland Turns 50 Magic Kingdom's Opening In 1955 Was Treat For All
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The summer of 1955 was magical for two children living in Southern California. Like thousands of others, they visited Disneyland. But, unlike their peers, the visit by cousins Bill Krauch and Sybil Stanton was part of a revealing peak at the Magic Kingdom weeks before the park opened to the public. Walt Disney personally served as their host and tour guide. "It was all arranged by our uncle, ...
Disneyland Turns 59
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"To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past ... and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America ... with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world." Those words were spoken by Walt Disney ...
Disneyland Turns 60 Ranking Its Attractions by Land
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Oh, boy! The Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration begins today! Disneyland Park opened in Anaheim, Calif., on July 17, 1955, and ever since, it has entertained millions of guests from all over the world. That's no small feat! "It's amazing to contemplate all that Disneyland has come to mean to so many people around the world," Tom Staggs, COO of the Walt Disney Company, recently told the ...
Disneyland Turns 70 Next Year Here Is Everything Planned For The Bash Beyond
2025 is going to be a big year for Disneyland and a particularly great time to visit.
Not only will the Happiest Place on Earth turn 70 years old, but guests will find 340 days of special celebrations, festivals or other limited time offerings throughout the year, the California resort announced Thursday. Those include a new after-hours 90s Nite, the return of the beloved Paint the Night ...
Disneyland Turns Mickeys Toontown House Into A Private Party Location
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Young kids with a birthday happening in the first few months of the new year who have always wanted to have Mickey Mouse pop into their party before hopping on a roller coaster are in for a special treat at Disneyland. The Celebrate in Mickey 's Toontown private parties will be available for a limited time at Disneyland from Jan. 19 through March 6. The 90-minute private birthday ...
Disneyland Turns National Churro Day Into A Summer Long Celebration
Disneyland is doubling down on National Churro Day and expanding the little-known holiday into a summer-long celebration of the many ways to dress up the fried dough pastry treat. Disneyland will celebrate National Churro Day on Tuesday, June 6 by introducing a limited-time summertime lineup of churros available through Aug. 31. Whether topped with fruity cereal, drizzled with ...
